What does it take to call a building "green"?

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Can you market your building as "green" if it has just a few green features, or does it have to meet certain minimum guidelines? I am thinking about this in the way that the word "organic" is regulated on food labels.

Also – do you think it’s redundant to call something "green" and "sustainable" in the same sentence? I am putting together a sign for my company’s real estate development, and I’m wondering if it is pointless to call the project "a green, sustainable development" or if both words really mean the same thing.

Question of Resource conservation and subtitution Projects?

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I have to do a casestudy on a Resources conservation project (water conservation, forest conservation) and a resource subtitution project. For the projects provide information like start date, who started, who is funding it, etc…. And ya, this casestudy is under sustainable development chapter. Any help will be greatly appreciated.